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A Personal Manifesto

5 Comments / Movies, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 18, 2018 / Aldo Ray, Alfre Woodard, Alice Walker, Amy Tan, Angela Bassett, Annie Potts, Annie Proulx, Blair Borwn, Carol Burnett, Dana Delany, Dana Stabenow, Diana Galbaldon, Edwidge Danicatt, Elizabeth Berg, Gene Autry, Gloria Steinem, Halle Berry, Holly Hunter, Janet Evanovich, Janine Turner, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Beals, Joan Didion, Julia Roberts, Julie Christie, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lorraine Toussaint, Marg Helgenberger, Margaret Atwood, Mary McCarthy, Mary Tyler Moore, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Montgomery Clift, Nora Roberts, Queen Latifa, Rita Dove, Rita Mae Brown, Roy Rogers, Sandra Bullock, Sandra Cisneros, Sara Paretsky, Sarah Waters, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston

A couple of decades ago I realized everything in my life up to that point had been determined by men. I can hear my friend Denise shouting, “It’s the patriarchy, stupid!” That’s not it – at least not completely. The patriarchy is still with us. But inside my head, things have changed.

Review: Ithaca, from first time director Meg Ryan

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / April 20, 2017 / Alex Neustaedter, Christine Nelson, Hamish Linklater, Ithaca, Jack Quaid, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Scott Shepherd, Spencer Howell, Tom Hanks, trailers, William Saroyan, Women Directors

Ithaca is one of those women’s movies I’m always looking for. With Meg Ryan stepping up to her first ever directing role and several important positions behind the scenes filled by women, I had to watch it.

Laura Gómez, Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Jackie Cruz, Samira Wiley, and Dascha Polanco in Orange Is the New Black

Orange is the New Black: Musings and Observations

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 21, 2016 / Adrienne C. Moore, Alysia Reiner, Annie Golden, Beyoncé, Blair Brown, Catherine Curtin, Constance Shulman, Dale Soules, Danielle Brooks, Diane Guerrero, elders rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Fear The Walking Dead, Jennifer Euston, Jessica Pimentel, Joel Marsh Garland, John Magaro, Kate Mulgrew, Kimiko Glenn, Laura Gómez, Laura Prepon, Lea DeLaria, Matt Peters, Meg Ryan, Nick Sandow, Orange is the New Black, Ruby Rose, Samira Wiley, Sarah Lancashire, season 4, Selenis Leyva, Shannon Esper, Taylor Schilling, The Walking Dead, Uzo Aduba, When Harry Met Sally, Yael Stone

Season 4 of Orange is the New Black is on everyone’s mind now. I’ve barely had time to watch it all. This post collects some random observations and stray musings on season 4. It is not meant to be a review of the season, but there are some spoilers.